Love the car itself, but the brakes are awful. Always getting them looked at, at least every six months, just to make sure they are safe enough for me to even drive around. Found out that these early model Escapes actually have really small rotors for the car size which is really bad, but since the 2012 editions Ford finally decided to fix that problem! The starter also sucks and makes me start it 2-3 times most often, even though my Escape stays in the garage and has great care and gets the oil changed often.

At 25,000 miles my rotors had worn out and it cost 500+ to repair. At 50,000 miles my rotors were shot again and they need to be replaced at a cost of 500+ once again. If I keep this Escape for 10 years, it will cost me an additional $2,500.00 just to keep the brakes working. I was told by ford that that is how cars are made now, because they cannot use asbestos anymore. Now that's a line of _ _ _ _, if I ever heard one. Oh did I mention that I also needed a tune up and front end work on this visit. Now that's a figure that can impact any economy. Well, maybe that's why Ford has not asked for a bail out, cause they just suck it out of the customer.